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Patented Oct. 10, 1893.

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GEORGE N. SMALL, OF LEBANON, INDIANA.

FENCE.-

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 506,559, dated October10, 1893.

Application filed May 31, 1893, $erialN0- 476,130. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE 'N. SMALL, a citizen of the United States,residing at Lebanon, in the county of Boone and State of Indiana, haveinvented a new and useful Fence, of which the following is aspecification.

The invention relates to improvements in fences.

The object of the present invention is to improve the construction ofwire fences, and to provide one in which the tension of the wire willhold the end posts firmly in the ground, instead of withdrawing them.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination andarrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in theaccompanying drawings and pointed out in the claims hereto appended.

In the drawingsFigure 1 is a perspective view of a fence constructed inaccordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is a side elevation partly insection of the same.

- Like numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in both thefigures of the drawings. 4

1, 1 designate end posts, each consisting of sections 2 and 3 pivoted at4 and having their lower portions arranged in the ground. Each sectionof the end posts consists of a vertical portion 5, which forms the upperportion of the fence post, an inclined portion 6 extending downward fromthe lower end of the vertical portion 5 and a slightly inclined orapproximately vertical portion 7 forming the extreme bottom of the fencepost, and having secured to it an anchor piece 8. The inclined portions6 of the sections of the end post cross each other at the top of theground, and are pivoted together at 4. The vertical portions of thesections 2 of the end posts are provided with pulleys 9 arrangedvertically and having passing around them the ends of fence wires 10,which are secured to the vertical portions of the sections 3, wherebythe tension of the fence wires tends to draw the vertical portions ofeach end post together, thereby forcing the anchor pieces, whichareinclined, and the lower portions of the sections more firmly in theground.

The fence wires are connected by stays 11,

and are provided with compensating springs 12 and turn buckles 13,whereby the fence wires may be adj usted-to the desired tension; and thecompensating springs permit the necessary contraction and expansion toprevent the fence Wires being broken by the cold of winter, andslackened by the heat of summer.

The fence stays each consist of a piece of stout wire doubled on thefence, and secured at the points of crossing by wire ties.

It will be apparent that the fence is simple and comparativelyinexpensive in construction, and that the end posts can not be affectedby the freezing of the ground.

Changes in the form, proportion and the minor details of constructionmay be resorted to without departing from the principle or sacrificingany of the advantages of this invention.

What I claim is- 1. In a fence,the combination of end posts, eachcomposed of two sections having inner and outer upper portions, andcrossing each other below the upper portions and pivoted together, andhaving lower portions to be inserted in the ground, pulleys arranged onthe outer upper portions, and fence wires passing over the pulleys andattached to the inner upper port-ions, substantially as described.

2. In a fence, the combination with the wires of a fence, of an end postcomposed of sections 2 and 3 having vertical upper portions, inclinedintermediate portions 6 crossing each other and pivoted together, anddepending portions 7 provided With anchors, substantially as described.

3. In a fence, the combination of end posts, each composed of sections 2and 3 consisting of inner and outer vertical upper portions, inclinedintermediate portions pivoted together and crossing each other anddepending portions 7 provided with anchors, pulleys arranged on theupper portions of the sections 2, fence wires passing 'over the pulleysand having their ends attached to the upper portions of the sections 3,the intermediate compensating springs, and the turn buckles connected tothe springs and to the wires, substantially as described.

4. In a fence, the combination of end posts each having inner and outervertical portions, pulleys arranged on theouter vertical portions of theend posts, and fence Wires passed 5 around the pulleys and returned tothe inner vertical portions of the end posts and secured thereto,substantially as described.

V In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have heretoaffixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE N. SMALL. Witnesses:

J. L. CORY, CLARENCE BRYAN.

